CHILD abuse should be reported to Health and Social Services or Guernsey Police first – not the NSPCC – to avoid ‘dangerous delays’, an HSSD spokesman has said.

THE NSPCC has been forced to pay out nearly £23,000 to a local employee it unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.

NEWS that Guernsey teens are cut off from a national NSPCC text helpline has disturbed the Health and Social Services Department.

A REDUNDANCY process followed for NSPCC staff in Guernsey was unfair, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

A TOP NSPCC manager told an employment tribunal yesterday that he fought to save the charity’s Guernsey office over its Jersey branch when they were threatened with closure.

CONSULTATION on a proposal to close the Guernsey branch of the NSPCC led to a change in the charity’s plans for the island, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

THE final decision to close the Guernsey branch of the NSPCC was made before the end of a consultation process to decide its future, it was claimed at an employment tribunal.

CLOSING down Guernsey’s NSPCC office was like ‘organising you own funeral, digging your own grave and climbing in,’ according to one former employee. CLOSING down Guernsey’s NSPCC office was like ‘organising you own funeral, digging your own grave and climbing in,’ according to one former employee. Alison Wakefield was giving evidence at an employment tribunal [...]

THE NSPCC did offer support to local staff when the Guernsey branch was closed, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.

SOME NSPCC staff were made redundant via email when the Guernsey branch of the society was shut down, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.